Improvement in sulky attachment to plows



l Sheets-Sheet '1. REYNE'RSGN & WORREL.

y Wheel Plow.

No. 105,849. I Patented July 26,1879.

*IHIIIHI iIIIJLLlil xml'.

N. Farina Phuwumugnpiw, wmingcm n.0,

n 3 Sheets-Sheet 2. REYNERSON SLWURREL M ,y

l Wheel Plow.

Na.-105,849. Patented July 26,1870.

1 3 Shets--Sheet 3.. REYNERSON & WORREL... y

` Wheel Plow@ No1. 105,849. Patented July 26, 1870.

N 21u15. Plmunwgnpmn washington, n.1;

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

JAMES H. REYNERSON AND JOHN WORREL, OF CLAYTON, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SULKY ATTACHMENT TO PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 105,849, dated July 26,1870.

To all 'whom 'it may concern.-

Beit known that we, JAMES H. REYNER- soN and JOHN WoRREL, of Clayton, inthe county of Hendricks and State of Indiana, have invented a new andvaluablelmprovement in Sulky Attachments to Plows 5 and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing, making a part of this specilication, and to the lettersand iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a plan view of ourdevice. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionalview thereof.

Our invention relates to plows; and it conslsts in a novel arrangementof devices, by means of which the advantages of wheels in the form of asulky are secured to the plowman, while at the same time arrangementsare made for raising the plow out of the furrow by av rearward circularmovement, when desirable, so as to free the plow from its load of earthreadily.

lt also consists in providing means whereby the height or position ofthe carriage-tongue may bc readily adjusted tothe height of the anlmalsby which it is drawn without affect- In g the gage of the plow. t

A ofthe drawing represents our plow 5 B,

' the tongue of the carriage; C, the wheels, and

D the axle, bent rearward, as shown.

Around the plow-beam, and between the arms of the split standard a, weaffix the removable staple. c, each upright arm of which 1s perforated,as shown, to serve as a means for adjusting the elbow-lever d, nextmentioned. vThe lever d is pivot-ed upon the carriage-axle, and is madeadjustable in the staple c by a Vpin that is passed through its rearforkshaped end, and through either of the openings in said staple. Thetongue of the carriage is connected with the axle by means of the arms gg, which said arms are pivoted to the tongue at the point-h. The rearend of the tongue has affixed to it a clevis, (marked m,) withperforations, as shown, through any one of which, together with` thearms g g, we pass a bolt, n, the objectbeing to make the rear of saidtongue adjustable up or down at will, and thereby adapt it to either lowor tall animals.

H represents an elbow-lever, perforated, as shown, and made adjustablebetween the arms g g, either up or down, at will. This adjustment ismade by means of the removable bolt o. We attach a plate or hook, r, tothe plowbeam, at the point shown, to serve as a stop to the rear end oflever H when the same is down to duty. The extreme front end of thelever H-has a slot, (marked 8,) through which the bolt is passed thatconnects it withv the beam of the plow. The function of this slot is toallow play for the front end ofthe beam up and down.

Gr represents the drivers seat, attached to the arms g g by rm metallicbars or rests.

It will readily be observed that by our arrangement the plow is alwayslifted from the ground and out of the furrow by a lateral and circularmovement, thereby freeing it from its dirt load with great easeandcertainty.

It will also be seen that the stop I' serves to keep the plow from beingdrawn too far forward when working in conjunction with the lever H,while the slot s allows the necessary play for the plow-beam toaccommodate the plow to the inequalities of the soil.

We usually make the wheel of the carriage intended to run in the furrowfrom three to six inches larger than the other.

The lever H not only serves the functions above mentioned, but also as agage to aid in regulating the depth of the furrow and an aid in removingthe plow from the furrow by pressing the front end of the beam downward.

What we claim as our invention isl. The lever d and staple c, whenarranged as described, in combination with the plow and sulky hereinshown and speciied.

2. The lever H, with its slot s and the 'stop r, in combination with theplow and sulky herein shown and specified.

3. The clevis m and bolt n, in combination with the arms g g and thesulky-plow, as described.

In testimony that we claim the above We have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses WM. CLINE, A. MCGURDY.

